To make a rock’n’roll record, technology is the least important thing.
KEITH RICHARDSI read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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Rock and roll ain’t nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.
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It’s a privilege just to wake up to a new day.
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We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.
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The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It’s almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.
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Songwriting’s a weird game.
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What’s the big deal about still working? Retirement age is sixty-five, and that’s at a normal job – and I ain’t there yet.
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I never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he’s gonna do tomorrow and I’m just happy to wake up to see who’s hanging around. Mick’s rock and I’m roll.
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Let me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
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Yes, I’ve been trepanned. That’s quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.
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What is life but playing with time?
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I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?
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Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.
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I haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
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And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You’ve got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.
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